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Ilya Sutskever says he was uncomfortable with Musk’s large ownership demand.

Live updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s court battle over the future of OpenAI.

Ilya Sutskever says he was uncomfortable with Musk’s large ownership demand.

TL;DR

  • Ilya Sutskever deemed Elon Musk's demand for control of OpenAI as aggressive.
  • Musk's other large company obligations were a concern for Sutskever.
  • Sutskever disliked the proposal for Tesla to take over OpenAI.
  • He believed such an acquisition would "kill a dream" for OpenAI's independent growth.
  • Being absorbed into another company would mean giving up the original aspirations for OpenAI.